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Kathleen Hall Jamieson and Antonia M. Villarruel
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Two Penn Leaders Named to New National Science and Technology Task Force

APPC Director Kathleen Hall Jamieson and School of Nursing Dean Antonia M. Villarruel are among 60 people named to a task force to produce a Vision for American Science and Technology.

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What to Know About the Current Avian Influenza Outbreak

Kathleen Hall Jamieson of the Annenberg Public Policy Center and Louise Moncla and Aliza Simeone of Penn Vet share helpful information for the public.

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Trust in U.S. Supreme Court Continues to Sink

A new survey by the Annenberg Public Policy Center has found that public trust in the U.S. Supreme Court has continued a downward slide since the court’s 2022 Dobbs decision.

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A Majority of Americans Can’t Recall Most First Amendment Rights

Most Americans can name only one right guaranteed by the First Amendment, according to the Annenberg Public Policy Center’s 2024 Constitution Day Civics Survey.

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Penn Students Find Community To Watch Debate at Annenberg

The first presidential debate between Kamala Harris and Donald Trump was held in Philadelphia, as was a watch party at the Annenberg School for Communication.

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New APPC Survey Finds Belief in COVID-19 Vaccination Misinformation Has Grown

Survey data from the Annenberg Public Policy Center has shown that over the past three years, Americans' acceptance of COVID-19 vaccine misinformation has risen, and willingness to vaccinate has declined.

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Kathleen Hall Jamieson Named to CDC Advisory Group on Communications

Director of the Annenberg Public Policy Center Kathleen Hall Jamieson has been named to a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention working group on communications.

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Annenberg Public Policy Center Report Finds ‘Withering of Public Confidence in the Courts’

A new APPC report found that Americans’ trust and confidence in the judicial branch has fallen 25% over the last two decades.

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Five Takeaways From the Biden-Trump Debate

Annenberg Public Policy Center Director Kathleen Hall Jamieson discusses the Annenberg Debate Reform Working Group along with some thoughts on last week’s presidential debate

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R. Lance Holbert Named to Lead Leonore Annenberg Institute for Civics

Holbert will join Annenberg in July.